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The two cars tailed the Escalade to a marijuana dispensary and then a clothing store on Melrose Avenue.

The change came late last month with the opening of the Artist Tree Weed Dispensary & Lounge Hawthorne.

To find that relaxed open vibe Milne speaks of, all patrons need to do is head for the double doors at the back of the 3,800-square-foot dispensary sales floor.

The location is notable for another reason too: It makes the Artist Tree the first cannabis dispensary and first lounge to open under the city of Hawthorne’s budding cannabis program.

County law enforcement team responsible for enforcing dispensary laws only raids two to four of them per month, according to a member of the team.